Your lovely bones

I'm heartened to find that Prof Lesley Regan, the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, is co-chairing a women’s health task fo...

Walking is often the first exercise I introduce to my clients, especially if they haven't exercises for a long time or their fitness levels are low. Perhaps ...

A new study of postmenopausal women in Brazil found higher bone mass and muscle mass in postmenopausal women who started eating a Mediterranean-style diet t...

It might seem surprising to find that there is increasing evidence that stress can have negative effect on bone health. Stress and how it affects our mental ...

During the menopause, women's needs change as more bone gets broken down than is made, causing thinning and possible osteoporosis. In most women, the greates...

Evidence shows that you need three main types of exercise and exercises needed to maintain and improve bone health and strength. ​​ 1. Weight-bearing cardiov...

So what happens to bones as they age, and why is bone density so much more important to women than men?​ Bone is a living thing and throughout our lives the ...

Walking is a weight-bearing exercise and therefor good for bone building, but it mustn't be your only form of exercises as it does little to build bone stren...